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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As Angel is preparing to leave on the train, he gets a telegram telling him what?
(a) His brother Felix is marrying Mercy Chant.
(b) His brother Cuthbert is marrying Mercy Chant.
(c) His brother Cuthbert is marrying the Queen of Spades.
(d) His brother Felix is marrying Mercy Chant.

2. Angel and Tess set their wedding date for ____.
(a) Angel's birthday.
(b) The next September.
(c) Christmas Eve.
(d) New Year's Eve.

3. Who discovers the murder?
(a) Mrs. Brooms, the landlady.
(b) Mrs. Brooks, the landlady.
(c) Tess's brother.
(d) Mr. Brooks, the workman.

4. After Tess and Angel part, and Angel returns home, his parents are curious because Tess is not with him. Angel tells his parents that he doesn't want them to meet Tess yet because she is _____.
(a) A liar.
(b) Unchaste.
(c) Not educated enough yet.
(d) Pregnant.

5. Angel's parents give him a letter from Tess. In the letter she ____.
(a) Berates him for leaving her.
(b) Begs forgiveness.
(c) Promises to do whatever is necessary to win him back.
(d) Tells him she is marrying Alec.

Short Answer Questions

1. After someone close to her dies, Tess decides to move the family to ____.

2. Angel decides to go to _______.

3. What does Tess learn from the person who visits her at the farm in Chapter 48?

4. Who does Tess learn is responsible for the change in Alec?

5. Alec insists Tess swear by a stone monument that she will not tempt him again. What is the monument?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the scene of Alec's murder.

2. What new disaster befalls the Durbeyfields in Chapter 49?

3. Describe the scene in which Angel is sleepwalking. What significance does this scene have?

4. In Chapter 31, Tess asks her mother's advice about what to tell Angel. What does her mother tell her?

5. What is the significance of the scene at Stonehenge?

6. When Alec sees Tess while he is preaching, what does he ask her to do?

7. Who turns up in Flintcomb Ash with a message for Tess? What is the message?

8. At Flintcomb Ash, Tess encounters a number of people from her past. Who?

9. How is Flintcomb Ash described in Chapter 42? Why does the description also fit in with Tess's attitude at this point?

10. How does Angel react to Tess's confession about her past?

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